Watson's Bay of bones (first ever post) - Home Tiki Bars

H Haut_Gouture Member New South Wales Joined: Oct 08, 2025 Posts: 9	H Haut_Gouture Posted posted on Sun, Oct 12, 2025 5:41 AM I've got some great updates for you all. I'll start with my mini haul from a vintage shop today :) by the way, this bar needs to be presentable by the 21st of October, when my family gets back (less than 10 days from now) so wish me luck! first I got this great mask from PNG for $45 and decided he was a perfect centerpiece for the bar front so he's mounted their for now. Second I got this amazing little fella (apparently named Alfredo) that doubles as my new "tip" jar. you put a coin in his hand and pull the lever on his side, the arm raises, his eyes open, and his one empty eye socket takes the coin. He was just to amazing to leave there but he was $70, luckily my lovely girlfriend split it with me so he's all mine now :) heres my full mask collection i think I'm done for now haha. Also if anyone knows where the black mask with the shell eyes is from that'd be awesome, I'm a little lost myself. All the others are Fiji or PNG. oh and PS I installed 2 nautical jacket hooks/bag holders at the front of the bar, I found them (and a third one ill use later) for a cool $10 on facebook. This idea was inspired by my local tiki bar (Scoundrels Rest) and double PS I got these old bed posts I'm planning to use as posts for the roof of the bar, hopefully I'll do a very rudimentary tiki-aligned carving on them myself. Thanks for reading everyone, more to come very soon! Any comments, suggestions, Etc, always welcome! ~Haut_Gouture (hand drawn bar logo based on my father's first tiki mug gifted to him by his father.) [ Edited by Haut_Gouture on 2025-10-12 06:08:03 ]

I've got some great updates for you all. I'll start with my mini haul from a vintage shop today :) by the way, this bar needs to be presentable by the 21st of October, when my family gets back (less than 10 days from now) so wish me luck!

first I got this great mask from PNG for $45 and decided he was a perfect centerpiece for the bar front so he's mounted their for now. Second I got this amazing little fella (apparently named Alfredo) that doubles as my new "tip" jar. you put a coin in his hand and pull the lever on his side, the arm raises, his eyes open, and his one empty eye socket takes the coin. He was just to amazing to leave there but he was $70, luckily my lovely girlfriend split it with me so he's all mine now :)

heres my full mask collection i think I'm done for now haha. Also if anyone knows where the black mask with the shell eyes is from that'd be awesome, I'm a little lost myself. All the others are Fiji or PNG. oh and PS I installed 2 nautical jacket hooks/bag holders at the front of the bar, I found them (and a third one ill use later) for a cool $10 on facebook. This idea was inspired by my local tiki bar (Scoundrels Rest) and double PS I got these old bed posts I'm planning to use as posts for the roof of the bar, hopefully I'll do a very rudimentary tiki-aligned carving on them myself. Thanks for reading everyone, more to come very soon! Any comments, suggestions, Etc, always welcome!

~Haut_Gouture (hand drawn bar logo based on my father's first tiki mug gifted to him by his father.)

[ Edited by Haut_Gouture on 2025-10-12 06:08:03 ]

Post #817089 by Haut_Gouture on Sun, Oct 12, 2025 5:41 AM